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what does this say about health care in america? >> i am not a psychologist. i am puzzled by the behavior of some of these folks. everyone deserves respect including them, if it would just calm down. i do not know what about this gares everybody. no matter what kind of illness you have, you are going to be able to get insurance. this is a bill that is going to include insurance for 47 million americans. if you are working a job now that you do not like, you will be able to take it with you if you move onto another job. there are a lot of good features that the american people want to hear about. tavis: for those who say this is a quintessential example of socialism, what do you say? >> they are full of baloney. if they want socialism, they can go on medicare. this is designed to keep what you have. you get to keep that insurance. if you are somebody that does not have health insurance and you want it, you will be able to get it. you will be able to move from job to job. you will not be denied coverage because you have diabetes or some other chronic disease. ta
what does this say about health care in america? >> i am not a psychologist. i am puzzled by the behavior of some of these folks. everyone deserves respect including them, if it would just calm down. i do not know what about this gares everybody. no matter what kind of illness you have, you are going to be able to get insurance. this is a bill that is going to include insurance for 47 million americans. if you are working a job now that you do not like, you will be able to take it with...
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these guys who are running the healthcare industry and running the banking industry, corporate america basically. if anybody is getting bailed out, it is them, not the everyday people. i think you are right, there is a sentiment that this show can tap into in season two. the flip side is whether or not as an actor you think that you may be pushing people into a behavior to get back at somebody. you see where i am going with this? >> i do. i do not think the message of the show is to get back. revenge is always a fun concept, to get even. the tagline for the show is " ready to get even." it definitely speaks to the show. but i don't think that the show would ever push people to do things that are outside the boundaries of normal ways of going about doing things. we say about ourselves, we like to say we pick up where the law leaves off in some cases. this is about getting people to say, wait a minute, i do not have to have these things taken away from me, there are other options. if there is a message, it is that. at the same time, it is a tv show. tavis: 88 "death wish." >-- it ain't "
these guys who are running the healthcare industry and running the banking industry, corporate america basically. if anybody is getting bailed out, it is them, not the everyday people. i think you are right, there is a sentiment that this show can tap into in season two. the flip side is whether or not as an actor you think that you may be pushing people into a behavior to get back at somebody. you see where i am going with this? >> i do. i do not think the message of the show is to get...
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america's sweetheart. then in the dressing room. hi, nice to sese you. thanks for coming. we are not discussing playboy or me being naked. why don't you take your client home? your client hasn't said anything. they called us because she was naked. you say don't mention it. of course we're mentioning it. what was your question? tavis: i was just asking what you thought were the big moments on the show. >> that was great having the president on. i had had him on twice before as a guest. the difference, each time he would come, he would have his jacket over his shoulder. one person, maybe another aid and a cell phone. that was it. when he came back as president, oh, my god, the parking lot was tented. snipers up in the -- and you know what they do is they come in, secret service comes in a week before and go up to members of my staff. don't come in tomorrow. if you had a joint in your sock back in 1979 and you got arrested for it. they have everybody's -- like oh, my god. tavis: it is amazing you got that show off the ground. >> the funniest thing, i said to someone, got his
america's sweetheart. then in the dressing room. hi, nice to sese you. thanks for coming. we are not discussing playboy or me being naked. why don't you take your client home? your client hasn't said anything. they called us because she was naked. you say don't mention it. of course we're mentioning it. what was your question? tavis: i was just asking what you thought were the big moments on the show. >> that was great having the president on. i had had him on twice before as a guest. the...
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it would launch me in america at like some kind of rocket that needed a fuel used. i and my gut, i knew i would be miserable if i took that job because i have four kids. i would be traveling with the president. i knew it was not right for me. if you can -- i see other people younger than me who spend more time in the office and they have overtaken me. i am not at the top of my career but that is ok. i feel happy and it settled with the choices i have made. tavis: how much of your writing and success has to do with your annual earned income? i wonder of persons who make more really do have the opportunity to write their own success more than everyday people not at your level. >> if you are poor in new york city or new delhi, you have fewer choices than college- educated professional women and men anywhere in the country or the world. of course that is true and we hope that michelle obama coming into the white house is a big issue. she has lived it. it is a policy issue. she will be able to address the structural changes that need to take place. cheaper child care, th
it would launch me in america at like some kind of rocket that needed a fuel used. i and my gut, i knew i would be miserable if i took that job because i have four kids. i would be traveling with the president. i knew it was not right for me. if you can -- i see other people younger than me who spend more time in the office and they have overtaken me. i am not at the top of my career but that is ok. i feel happy and it settled with the choices i have made. tavis: how much of your writing and...
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america, the land of the free. and america had won when he knocked out maxmeli. i was 8 years old. and i saw the joy in my mother and ther's faces. it was like the world -- america, running through the streets. it was all that. and i looked at that. as a kid of 8, i go what could i ever do in my life that would make people happy. all around but also my parent, mainly. it gave me inspiration. and so my inspiration from there was to make people happy like that like joe lewis did. and like obama just did. [laughter] tavis: whole lot of people. >> and that was that whole thing but it was that same kind of feeling. but i was 8 years old. soy started boxing and i wanted to be champion. and i fought hard on that. joe lewis was my hero -- idol -- hero. but later on ray robinson became my idol. he feels smooth. he was sharp. and he had more girls. [laughter] >> yeah. and so -- and that was good. oh, man. i went -- win-win situation here. tavis: so one of the ways to get girls is to know how to write a good song. so you've got this boxing talent which is phenomenal. you're such a camilian. y
america, the land of the free. and america had won when he knocked out maxmeli. i was 8 years old. and i saw the joy in my mother and ther's faces. it was like the world -- america, running through the streets. it was all that. and i looked at that. as a kid of 8, i go what could i ever do in my life that would make people happy. all around but also my parent, mainly. it gave me inspiration. and so my inspiration from there was to make people happy like that like joe lewis did. and like obama...
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corporate america's earning money, at some point, one would hope that they would start reinvesting that money back into their businesses, and that would add into employment. the housing market, we are starting to see some signs. i think it is far from clear, but there are some signs that we are seeing at bottom, and that is so important to people's ability to spend money. if you feel the value of your home continues to decline, it affects a lot of your decision making in terms of big purchases. the same thing happens in reverse. of course, when housing prices were soring,oaring, people will buying. tavis: delving into where we are and how we got here, economically speaking, you go back not just two or three years ago but to 9/11. make a case of how, what we are dealing with today can be traced back to 9/11. >> alan greenspan, the then chairman of the federal reserve, sought our economy might come to a complete standstill, and he almost immediately started to lower our interest rates -- thought our economy might come to a complete standstill. it actually stopped growing entirely after we
corporate america's earning money, at some point, one would hope that they would start reinvesting that money back into their businesses, and that would add into employment. the housing market, we are starting to see some signs. i think it is far from clear, but there are some signs that we are seeing at bottom, and that is so important to people's ability to spend money. if you feel the value of your home continues to decline, it affects a lot of your decision making in terms of big purchases....
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>> well, tavis, if we're going to have fair health care in america and not have single payer, which means the government does it all, then there has to be -- there must be a public option, which is to say the government has to provide a competitive alternative to private insurance companies and this talk about well, maybe we don't actually need a public option, maybe we can get a couple of co-ops to do something is really nonsense. if there is to be health care, government has to be present with a public option so there is genuine competition and the insurance companies know they have got to offer fair prices and fair contracts to those who they contract with. frankly i don't think there will be health care at all unless there is a public option and i hope to god that means there will be a public option. tavis: interdependence in part means having civil dialogue with our friends and neighbors around the world. what is your sense of how these uncivil conversations of late have been taking place around this contentious issue of health care? >> that is a great way to put it, tavis. it is tru
>> well, tavis, if we're going to have fair health care in america and not have single payer, which means the government does it all, then there has to be -- there must be a public option, which is to say the government has to provide a competitive alternative to private insurance companies and this talk about well, maybe we don't actually need a public option, maybe we can get a couple of co-ops to do something is really nonsense. if there is to be health care, government has to be...
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it is an important part of america. the show should look like america. when we started "the tonight show" he handled the music and i kendall the comedy. we never had a setup where i was the boss. we were always equal on the show. the funniest thing to me was that whenever we do jaywalking, when there is an african american guy i see him go like this. now he represents all afafcan americans. when we watched tv and "the untouchables" were on. the italian guy was eating the salami. why do they always have to have that? turn it off. my grandfather would do that. my grandfather was italy and hardly spoke english. he was always amazed that people would eat out of their ethnic group. look at that, a black guy eating spaghetti. a chinese guy eating a hot dog. he was amazed that black america -- black people would eat african-american food. he would always comment when someone was eating out of their ethnic group. this always struck me even as a little kid. >> your dad and mom and lived long enough to see you become successful. prior to that, what did your workin
it is an important part of america. the show should look like america. when we started "the tonight show" he handled the music and i kendall the comedy. we never had a setup where i was the boss. we were always equal on the show. the funniest thing to me was that whenever we do jaywalking, when there is an african american guy i see him go like this. now he represents all afafcan americans. when we watched tv and "the untouchables" were on. the italian guy was eating the...
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for me, one thing we lost in america, used to be -- compared to europe. storytelling is what hollywood did better, anow we are the -- and now we are the worst. they set up the situation in 20 minutes andhat is what you see. the rest of the movie lives up to that. that isot a story. speed is a fun movie. they liv up to the situation. but a story is supposed to unfold. you can't know everything in 15 or 20 minutes. you wouldn't go to the beginning of a movie. you come in whenever, and watch it. and you'd stay to watch until you came in. and we would see the beginning, how did they get there from here? this is so different from where we came in. that doesn't happen at all. i want to tell a story that is unfolding and you don't know everythi until the deep part of the movie. tavis: what led to this? >> trying to break movies down into a sentence. die hard on a bus. you don't have to say much more. and then, like i said. i am not a snob about that. some movies do that well. an intriguing premise and if you live up to it, you've had a good night. but the storyt
for me, one thing we lost in america, used to be -- compared to europe. storytelling is what hollywood did better, anow we are the -- and now we are the worst. they set up the situation in 20 minutes andhat is what you see. the rest of the movie lives up to that. that isot a story. speed is a fun movie. they liv up to the situation. but a story is supposed to unfold. you can't know everything in 15 or 20 minutes. you wouldn't go to the beginning of a movie. you come in whenever, and watch it....
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i think that we have proven in america that the process of democracy and the free enterprise system has benefited people and enabled people to rise from here to here and live a good life and i think that we have to continue to believe that but there will be enroute flat tires on the way. the motor will stop running and that's where we are. and because we are there, we have to have some patience and we have to have some understanding of where we are and we have to have leadership and i believe that president obama is giving that. tavis: judge sonia sotomayor, she's now making the rounds on capitol hill meeting with senators getting ready for what some would call a fight to be confirmed. what others would call a walk in the park. president obama appears to have the votes. what is your read, not so much on whether she is going to be confirmed but how she has been treated thus far in the process? >> well, there is a saying when the law is against you you found table with facts. if the facts are against you you pound the table with law and if both are against you, you just pound the table an
i think that we have proven in america that the process of democracy and the free enterprise system has benefited people and enabled people to rise from here to here and live a good life and i think that we have to continue to believe that but there will be enroute flat tires on the way. the motor will stop running and that's where we are. and because we are there, we have to have some patience and we have to have some understanding of where we are and we have to have leadership and i believe...
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the sound track of america. i've had people from all races walk up to me with tears in their eyes. i was hearing that stuff in college -- it's a great feeling it gives you and to have stuff that's been around for 50 years. i can remember in the 1960's talking to brian holland about, man, i think we stumbled into something that might be around for a while. we were getting like number one, number one, one after the other with the supremes, the four tops, marvin. it was spooky to have that much success. tavis: do you have any idea of what you hit upon? what was happening in that periods when you were writing these hits? i'm frying to get a sense of whether you know why you all hit it in that moment and kept hitting it? >> timing is everything, as you've probably heard. in a lot of respect in this music -- in the 1960's things were not looking good for music. just before we started in 19 2, a.c.h. teaming up together. elvis has gone to the army. a lot of people or -- were saying that's the end of rock 'n' roll, i told you it wouldn't last, the naysayers and then here we come out of det
the sound track of america. i've had people from all races walk up to me with tears in their eyes. i was hearing that stuff in college -- it's a great feeling it gives you and to have stuff that's been around for 50 years. i can remember in the 1960's talking to brian holland about, man, i think we stumbled into something that might be around for a while. we were getting like number one, number one, one after the other with the supremes, the four tops, marvin. it was spooky to have that much...
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if i was a leader -- i would be envious of america. i never had the means to provide these things for my people, i would do this. so these are the things that keep me going that make me angry and determined to fight asking these questions, why can't you provide this for your people. tavis: you said if you were a leader. you are a leader. you just lead in a different sort of way. you have your own sort of ministry. you're not an elected official. >> i don't want to go there. tavis: i'm going to go there, though. it raises the question as to why that doesn't interest you. >> because i want to play music. i love traveling, i love my fans all over the world. i love playing in l.a., san francisco, new york, washington, milwaukee, paris. i love all those places. if i were president, i wouldn't be able to do that. and it's a very, very serious job. if you look at a country like nigeria for instance, you are talking about making 150 million happy. that would take your whole life, it would take your family from you. if you are going to be since
if i was a leader -- i would be envious of america. i never had the means to provide these things for my people, i would do this. so these are the things that keep me going that make me angry and determined to fight asking these questions, why can't you provide this for your people. tavis: you said if you were a leader. you are a leader. you just lead in a different sort of way. you have your own sort of ministry. you're not an elected official. >> i don't want to go there. tavis: i'm...
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, i kw they have talk about this is soewhat, but when you refer to the theore roosevelt crusade for america, a great phrase, what you meaby that? >> he believed that if we did forest like a lo of europe, we would be in terrle trouble -- if we derest it like a lot of europe, that we would be i terrible trouble. he put aside vst millions upon millions oacreage of land, safe places, ranging om the grand canyon which was vot to be minedor zinc and asbestos, and ve crater lakend many laces in califora. could go on all day. he give us a great dip -- great gift the crusade was a darwian crusade in this sens the origin of species pot osevelt and his mindthat we had to take care of lesser creares, and he believed tat to lose an animal is like losing a masterpce of old. least have a billion passenger pigeons -- wused to hav a billion passenger pigeons f around. there's not a single one left. roosevelt, who was a hunter, part of the paradox,hich also a great cservationist and what li protectionist. ey're still a lot that could do we' looking at species of nishing regurly all of the anet. tavis: his na
, i kw they have talk about this is soewhat, but when you refer to the theore roosevelt crusade for america, a great phrase, what you meaby that? >> he believed that if we did forest like a lo of europe, we would be in terrle trouble -- if we derest it like a lot of europe, that we would be i terrible trouble. he put aside vst millions upon millions oacreage of land, safe places, ranging om the grand canyon which was vot to be minedor zinc and asbestos, and ve crater lakend many laces in...
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it's still seems to me that it is a city that america has forgotten. the same is true of other communities in louisiana, too. meanwhile, the wetlands keep disappearing. the famous statement about losing land it every day and the gulf of mexico is getting closer to new orleans. it is still a troubled region that needs a lot of federal help. tavis: some people say the city has been forgotten. one of the things ted kennedy tried to do was remind us so we would not forget those who are left out, which raises the question, who now, with all due respect to others, who is fighting for in new orleans? who was that voice on the federal level that has the clout and power and stature to make something happen? >> we do not have a voice down there. it is interesting, i had breakfast with rubin bridges, out early 1960's was in new orleans, and she famously integrated federal marshals in school, people through tomatoes at her. norman rockwell did a famous painting about her. that school is now boarded up. there are some signs that the school is doing better, but by a
it's still seems to me that it is a city that america has forgotten. the same is true of other communities in louisiana, too. meanwhile, the wetlands keep disappearing. the famous statement about losing land it every day and the gulf of mexico is getting closer to new orleans. it is still a troubled region that needs a lot of federal help. tavis: some people say the city has been forgotten. one of the things ted kennedy tried to do was remind us so we would not forget those who are left out,...
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i was thought itwas azing that it wld be in churches all acrs america. >> have some of those al. somehow, in some way,hese men gave peop a sense of hope in a me of hopelessness. tavis: you were there, one of the foot soldiers with dr. king. we kw that you were bean and almost kild on a number of locations. yowere the youngest person to spe atthe march on washingn on that day where king gave the "i have a dream" speech. your resume is intact and regard your duty and servic on the civil rights front. because you were there, you were there and dr. king was not alwaysappy with john kennedy or bobby kennedy. edward kennedy seemed to te a differenttact. what you make that? >> what do you makef that? >> we were not always hap with the president of -- e position of president kennedy or robert kennedut along came brother teddy knedy, who bitterly as setor thr everythi that he had, his soul, his heart,his gutsnto supporting rong supports legislation and to be a voice. i think he learned from his brothershat we could do better, and he wanted to eat -- one of the strongest piecef civil right
i was thought itwas azing that it wld be in churches all acrs america. >> have some of those al. somehow, in some way,hese men gave peop a sense of hope in a me of hopelessness. tavis: you were there, one of the foot soldiers with dr. king. we kw that you were bean and almost kild on a number of locations. yowere the youngest person to spe atthe march on washingn on that day where king gave the "i have a dream" speech. your resume is intact and regard your duty and servic on the...
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that changed politics in america. it reinforced the idea that the only way to campaign and make a splash is on television. in local races you have to buy the time. and it's gone crazy. the amount of money it costs to hold office in the united states or even run for office in the united states based upon the fact it has to be on television is obscene. tavis: so are you happy with what you have bequeathed my generation or do you owe us an apology? >> a very big apology. the amount of money, and it all touched off that night, the amount of money that goes into television campaigning is obscene. tavis: tell me -- take me back to 1960 -- i had the pleasure of talking to you about this before and i know you've been asked about it 1,001 times and take me back to that debate and tell me since that was the first one that was televised, what made the difference that night? >> jack kennedy's persona. nixon walked in, he banged his knee on the car coming in, he had an infection, he wasn't well, he'd been campaigning all day, jack
that changed politics in america. it reinforced the idea that the only way to campaign and make a splash is on television. in local races you have to buy the time. and it's gone crazy. the amount of money it costs to hold office in the united states or even run for office in the united states based upon the fact it has to be on television is obscene. tavis: so are you happy with what you have bequeathed my generation or do you owe us an apology? >> a very big apology. the amount of money,...
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in the most multicultural america ever, we have health disparities we could bance them out by the year 2000. they would still be living. 80% of the folk not insured come from families with part time and full time workers. >> this boils down, the discussion i had with the senators and here, what is the way forward. the president is facing an intensity gap. it could carry over. he's losing support among independent voters. what does he do, in the amount of time he has left to forge a compromise and succeed? >> he stops shouting at people in the cheap seats and brings the players into the white house. he talks to claire mccaskill. what do you need. brings in evan bayh. i know indiana is different than lags year. what do you need. what can you agree with. he brings in nancy pelosi, henry waxman and does what leaders do, bring them together. >> the bottom line is, dr. king took drugs we're not going to reform health care. my grand dad said, if you are going to stand, stand. if you're going to sit, sit. don't wobble. the president is wobbling on this. >> i'm going to make that the last word.
in the most multicultural america ever, we have health disparities we could bance them out by the year 2000. they would still be living. 80% of the folk not insured come from families with part time and full time workers. >> this boils down, the discussion i had with the senators and here, what is the way forward. the president is facing an intensity gap. it could carry over. he's losing support among independent voters. what does he do, in the amount of time he has left to forge a...
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he felt that america could never be what america should be until we completed the civil-rights revolution in the 1960's. tavis: a wanted play a clipip fm senator kennedy on this program -- i want to play a clip from senator kennedy, talalng about brown vs. the board of education. >> when you think of that case, you think of the magna cardoza for black americans -- the magna carta for black americans and all americans. it opened up the civil-rights movement of 1964, the public accommodations, the nondiscrimination in employment, the 1965 voting rights act. i think the brown vs. board of education was the decision that really set the stage. it was dr. king it was the spiritual -- it was dr. king who was the spiritual leader of the movement, but brown vs. board of education opened that way. tavis: education is one of those ways that we appreciate senator kennedy for being stalwart on, yes? >> senator kennedy had a passion for equal education for all of our children. i remember so well when that decision came down in 1964, -- one that in 1954, i was 14 years old. i thought i would get to ride
he felt that america could never be what america should be until we completed the civil-rights revolution in the 1960's. tavis: a wanted play a clipip fm senator kennedy on this program -- i want to play a clip from senator kennedy, talalng about brown vs. the board of education. >> when you think of that case, you think of the magna cardoza for black americans -- the magna carta for black americans and all americans. it opened up the civil-rights movement of 1964, the public...
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underinsured they really are when a catastrophic illness hits in the most multiracial, multiethnic america ever, that we still have health disparities. by the year 2000, 80,000 folk will still be living. 80% of the folk that are not insured have families that have part-time and full-time workers, this system is broken. >> this boils down, i think the discussion i had with the senators and here. what's the way forward? the president is facing an intensity gap that could carry over into the midterm election. he's losing support among independent voters. joe scarborough, what does he do in the amount of time he has left to forge a compromise and to succeed here? >> he stops shouting at people in the cheap seats and he brings the players into the white house. he talks to clair mccaskill. what do you need? he goes lbj. what do you need? he brings in evan bayh. evan,ian indiana a lot different this year than it was last year, what do you need? and he brings on the other side, nancy pelosi, henry waxman, and he does what leaders do. >> he's got to get more people involved. >> he brings people tog
underinsured they really are when a catastrophic illness hits in the most multiracial, multiethnic america ever, that we still have health disparities. by the year 2000, 80,000 folk will still be living. 80% of the folk that are not insured have families that have part-time and full-time workers, this system is broken. >> this boils down, i think the discussion i had with the senators and here. what's the way forward? the president is facing an intensity gap that could carry over into the...